---
name: "srec_needham"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "srecord"
version: "1.64-4.1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/srec_needham"
---

# srec\_needham(5)

Needham EMP‐series programmer ASCII file format

## NAME

srec\_needham - Needham EMP‐series programmer ASCII file format

## DESCRIPTION

This format is understood by Needham Electronics' EMP‐series programmers. See `www.needhams.com/winman.pdf` for more information. (This format is very similar to the ASCII‐Hex format, but without the ^B and ^C guard characters.)

Each data byte is represented as 2 hexadecimal characters, and is separated by white space from all other data bytes.

The address for data bytes is set by using a sequence of `$A`*nnnn*`,` characters, where *nnnn* is the 8‐character ascii representation of the address.  The comma is required. There is no need for an address record unless there are gaps.  Implicitly, the file starts a address 0 if no address is set before the first data byte.

### Size Multiplier

In general, binary data will expand in sized by approximately 3.0 times when represented with this format.\

## EXAMPLE

Here is an example ascii‐hex file. It contains the data “Hello, World\[rq\] to be loaded at address 0x1000.

```
$A1000,
48 65 6C 6C 6F 2C 20 57 6F 72 6C 64 0A
```

## COPYRIGHT

*srec\_cat* version 1.64\
 Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Peter Miller\

The *srec\_cat* program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the '*srec\_cat -VERSion License*' command. This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details use the '*srec\_cat -VERSion License*' command.\

## MAINTAINER

| | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scott Finneran | E‐Mail: | scottfinneran@yahoo.com.au |
| Peter Miller | E‐Mail: | pmiller@opensource.org.au |